hahaha!!.. i like #24 xD... converted your parents rofl. for me, nah.. because they can't really deal with english that well so japanese is out of the question =P.. but they learned some japanese from japanese tenants that i have at home! o.O

#48 - You make it your mission to increase the fandom for your favorite series, so you get your friends/family/total strangers hooked on them.
^^ ya ppl watch maburaho its amazing ... i swear ull be hooked. so WATCH IT. (its been removed on CR but u will find it... i know u will or else ill come to ur house and make u find it ^^)

In modern Japanese slang, the term otaku refers to an overtly obsessive fan of, or is specialized in any one particular theme, topic, or hobby. Common uses are anime otaku (one who sometimes enjoys many days of excessive anime watching with no rest) and manga otaku (a fan of Japanese graphic novels), pasokon otaku (personal computer geeks), gēmu otaku (playing video games), and wota (before referred as "idol otaku") that are extreme fans of idols, heavily promoted singing girls. There are also tetsudō otaku or denshamania (metrophiles) or gunji otaku (military geeks).

While these are the most common uses of otaku, the word can be applied to anything (music otaku, martial arts otaku, cooking otaku, etc.)
source - wikipedia

ehem.. here in the US though they don't call us otakus.. they call us GEEKS!!
truth hurts, ne?

you might be an otaku if:
when you're watching anime.. your mom sees you and says, "my gosh! you're watching cartoons again.. those things are for kids! grow up will ya! you're already [your age here]"

you might be an otaku if:
when you're watching anime.. your mom sees you and says, "my gosh! you're watching cartoons again.. those things are for kids! grow up will ya! you're already [your age here]"